Following significant drops both on month and on year in January, worldwide notebook shipments remained weak in February, growing only 2% sequentially for the top-five brand vendors together and 1% sequentially for the top-three notebook ...
Worldwide tablet shipments reached only 50.64 million units in the third quarter, up 9% from the second quarter, but still down sharply by 18% on year, despite the fact that Europe and US retailers were aggressively preparing for the ...
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The global top-5 Wintel notebook brand vendors' combined shipments grew 17% on month in August, but compared to the same month a year ago, the volume was down 14%. Meanwhile the top-3 ODMs' combined volume was up 13% on month, but down 17% ...
Taiwan-based handset ODMs, including Foxconn Electronics/FIH Mobile, Compal Electronics and Arima Communications, reportedly have landed orders from regional brands in China, India and Southeast Asia, according to industry sources. The ...
Tags: emerging markets, handset
Although the production capability of China-based notebook ODMs is still too small to make a significant impact on their Taiwan-based counterparts, the notebook supply chain in China stands a chance of expanding their presence in the global ...
Notebook shipments (excluding detachable models) by the top-five vendors as well as top-three ODMs suffered a sequential decline of 25% and 19%, respectively, in January due to a high level of inventory at channels which resulted mainly ...
Tags: Notebook, top-three ODMs
Global notebook shipments by top-five brand vendors and top-three ODMs declined 15% on average in October, affected by the roll-outs of new low-priced models in the previous month, according to Digitimes Research. However, shipments by ...
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Desktop shipments are expected to enjoy growth in 2014 with Microsoft ending its support for Windows XP, but the all-in-one PC market, which focuses mainly on the consumer market and did not start enjoying demand until recent years, may not ...
Tags: All-in-One PC, Desktop, Computer
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$68 billion (US$2.26 billion) for May, up 18.95% on month and 28.26% on year, while Wistron achieved NT$43.83 billion in the month, up 2.33% on month, but down 25.28% on year. ...
Tags: smart handheld device, LCD monitor, Electrical, Electronics
There will be 61.42 million tablets shipped globally in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 4.9% on quarter and 30.9% on year, according to Digitimes Research. The shipments will consist of 13.5 million iPads, 24.62 million ...
Tags: Tablet, Electronics, iPads
Acer has set an internal goal of shipping 10 million smartphones and 10 million tablets in 2014, increasing from the 1.5 million and five million shipped in 2013, according to Acer's Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Acer regained ...
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Makers in the handset supply chain are set to post flat performance in the first quarter of 2014 as pull-in orders from ODMs and brand vendors are unlikely to come until March, according to industry sources. Since the market is waiting ...
Tags: Handset, Mobile Phones, ZTE
Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted, IDC reported Wednesday. HP expanded its share of the market only modestly from a year earlier but IBM’s portion declined 4.5 points ...
Some ODMs will see their shipments of TVs decline sharply in 2013 due to decreasing global TV demand, according to industry sources. Compal Electronics is expected to ship three million ODM TVs in 2013, down 37.5% from 4.8 million shipped ...
Tags: TV Panel, Electronics
Facing rising labor costs, several notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics are starting to push automation across their production lines in China for 2014. Compal expects automated production to save 2% of its ...
Tags: Automation, Notebook ODM Industry